“California union leader David Huerta has been released from custody after his arrest during an immigration raid protest.
SEIU Healthcare 1199NW marched in a rally in downtown Seattle Monday morning in protest of immigration enforcement actions and the then-detention of labor leader David Huerta, according to a press release from the union.
Huerta, president of SEIU California and SEIU United Service Workers West (USWW), was reportedly detained in what union leaders are calling a retaliatory action tied to recent immigration protests.
Organizers called for his immediate release and the end of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids.
Participants gathered at the SEIU 775 building, located at 215 Columbia Street in Seattle.
The protest was peaceful.”